All Community services articles – Page 90
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NewsWarning as social care funding falls £0.5bn
Spending on older people’s social care in England has fallen by half a billion pounds, according to a new report.
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Blogs
The funding must be available to help achieve public health outcomes
The recently announced Public Health Outcomes Framework sets an effective set of measurements for performance - but if the resources aren’t there to achieve them, many services will step back from this opportunity for a step change in mental healthcare.
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HSJ Local
Union attacks Northumbria FT for mileage rate cut
WORKFORCE: The union Unite has said Northumbria Foundation Trust “could face a legal challenge” after nearly halving the mileage paid to some of its staff.
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Comment'Reconfiguration may do more harm than good'
History warns us that reconfiguration is not the panacea it’s cracked up to be, says Andy McKeon.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy it's vital to improve patient access to information
In an age of instant access to news and data, on the go and 24 hours a day, patient access to healthcare information and decisions remains unreliable and poorly connected. An independent council in Northern Ireland is trying to change this, as Maeve Hully explains.
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HSJ KnowledgeFive integral steps to support commissioning headache services
A framework to support commissioning headache services that champions intermittent care headache clinics led by a GP with a special interest in headache offers important benefits to both patients and commissioners, says Dr David Kernick.
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Comment'Local healthcare cannot be delivered by giant commissioning bodies'
The key to healthcare delivery models lies within natural communities – not in bloated commissioning organisations, says Charles Alessi.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping a health and local government service integration model
Could one trust’s health and local government service integration be a model for the rest of the country to follow? Dr Chris Clayton reports on the successful pilot at Blackburn with Darwen PCT.
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NewsBiggest health and social care provider given the 'green light'
Plans for the biggest joint provider of health and social care in England have been approved by NHS Midlands and East, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Patients needing home oxygen services may have to take deliveries at night during Olympics
PERFORMANCE: A risk planning document for the south west London cluster of PCTs said deliveries of services like oxygen to patients homes could have to be made at night, to avoid disruption to the Olympics.
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HSJ Local
Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon
WORKFORCE: Health visitors in the south London borough face caseloads of nearly double recommended levels.
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HSJ Local
Court date set for NHS Gloucestershire judicial review
STRUCTURE: Lawyers for NHS Gloucestershire will be in the high court next month to defend the primary care trust in a judicial review of the transfer of its provider arm.
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HSJ Local
Cluster goes back to the drawing board on AQP
COMMERCIAL: A south west primary care trust cluster has been told it will have to select an additional service to open up to any qualified provider after one of its first choices did not comply with national guidance.
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NewsDH considers year-of-care tariff for patients with long term conditions
The Department of Health is considering a year-of-care tariff for telehealth technology which varies according to the number and severity of a patient’s long-term conditions.
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HSJ Local
£500m private sector community services takeover 'stalls'
COMMERCIAL: The transfer of a £500m contract for community services to the private sector has been delayed due to complications over primary care trust estate.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: has the sparkle gone from social enterprise?
Social enterprises are starting to find that the odds are not in their favour in a cut-throat market, which could make for a bleak picture in a decade’s time, says Noel Plumridge.
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HSJ Local
South Gloucestershire prepares to tender community services
COMMERCIAL: NHS South Gloucestershire has given notice of plans to put £80m of community services out to tender. Commentators predict other primary care trusts will soon follow suit.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy physical health checks for mental health patients are vital to their wellbeing
Improving the provision of physical health checks for people with severe mental illness provides an opportunity to make a major difference to the health and wellbeing of this vulnerable group, write Drs Kallol Sain and Sweta Patil.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire Healthcare restructures community service management
STRUCTURE: Berkshire Healthcare has established a new management structure for its community services.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a transformation programme helps improve community services' efficiency
A strategic transformation programme has helped a community provider reform and redesign its services and improve efficiency as a central part of its bid for foundation trust status. Jo Manley and Mark Eaton outline the programme.